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PIRACY CRACKDOWN - INCLUDING YOUTUBE

Media mogul Sumner Redstone used the Seoul Digital Forum as a platform to renew his call on Asian countries to crack down on video piracy.

In a keynote speech Monday Redstone said that he was "increasingly preaching to the converted" as he watched governments taking a more active interest in copyright issues "if only to protect their own homegrown content."

Later, however, he took a swipe at U.S. website YouTube, which Viacom has sued for $1 billion for copyright infringement.

"We cannot tolerate any form of piracy by anyone, including YouTube," he said. He repeated the oft-disputed claim that movie pirates cost his industry more than $20 billion a yea

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, claiming that 50 percent of all pirated movies are sold in New York, has chastised judges for being too lenient with those caught taping movies in theaters with camcorders.

Cuomo told a New York news conference on Monday that first-time offenders should be fined as much as $1,000 and up to a year in jail and that repeat offenders should be charged with committing a felony. (Currently movie piracy is treated as a misdemeanor.)
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PRODUCTIONS MOVING FROM LA to NYC

New York may actually star as New York on "Ugly Betty" next season.

ABC Studios is close to moving the show to Gotham next season, in order to take advantage of tax breaks enacted last month by new state Gov. David Paterson.

Under the expansion, the percentage of qualified film production costs eligible for a tax credit tripled, from 10% to 30%. The program was also extended, from its original 2011 expiration to 2013. New York City chips in an additional 5% tax break.

The strengthened tax credit was meant to bring in new productions to New York -- and in the case of "Ugly Betty," already appears to be working.

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As the nets and studios look to more aggressively control costs on primetime fare, such a move would help, insiders said.

But the move would put more than 100 Los Angeles-based "Betty" crew members out of work. "Betty" staffers were informed of the potential move on Tuesday -- and some are crying foul.

The show's writing staff, led by showrunner Silvio Horta, would likely remain in Los Angeles. Such a divide is common; "Lost," for example, is written in L.A. but filmed in Hawaii.

Although it takes place in New York, "Betty's" first two seasons were shot in Los Angeles. ABC Studios declined to confirm the potential move.

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